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A plasterer's float, having two handles; -- used in smoothing ceilings, etc.

One of the Plymouth Brethren, or of a sect among them; -- so called from John N. Darby, one of the leaders of the Brethren.

Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive. "Dauby wax."

A race for three-old horses, run annually at Epsom (near London), for the Derby stakes. It was instituted by the 12th Earl of Derby, in

A massive variety of fluor spar, found in Derbyshire, England, and wrought into vases and other ornamental work.

An apparatus resembling a Jacquard for weaving small figures (usually about 12 - 16 threads, seldom more than 36 - 40 threads).

Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh.

Near; hard by; along; past. [Obs.] To tell her if her child went ought forby. Chaucer. To the intent that ships may pass along forby all the sides of the city without let. Robynson (More's Utopia).

Near; hard by; along; past. See Forby. Spenser.

See Forby.

Plump; chubby; short and stuffy; as a fubsy sofa. [Eng.] A fubsy, good-humored, silly . . . old maid. Mme. D'Arblay.

A simpleton; a dunce; a lout. [Colloq.]

A baby; a dunce. [Prov. Eng.]

Pertaining to the glebe; turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful. "Gleby land." Prior.

Resembling, or pertaining to, a globe; round; orbicular. "The globy sea." Milton.

intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by. Some songs to which we have given the go-by. Prof. Wilson.

One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera.

Farewell; a form of address used at parting. See the last Note under By, prep. Shak.

Dirty; unclean. [Colloq.] The grubby game of marbles. Lond. Sat. Rev.

A dependent; a hanger-on; -- so called in contempt. B. Jonson.